Charlie Lea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 194lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France fr

Died: November 11, 2011 in Collierville, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN) and the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)

Schools: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: June 12, 1980 (Age 23-170d, 14,316th in major league history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 31-281d)
vs. CAL 5.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Charles William Lea

Pronunciation: \LEE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.54

152

144

923.1

535

WHIP

1.305

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 79 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 30 go ahead

2 Tms
MON	60
MIN	19

Platoon
vs LHB	42
vs RHB	37

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	31

Outs
1	29
0	25
2	25

19 Opps
NYM	10
CIN	8
ATL	8
CHC	7
PIT	7
SFG	6
LAD	6
PHI	5
TOR	5
TEX	3
BOS	3
SDP	2
NYY	2
CLE	2
SEA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

62 Batters
Chili Davis	3
Danny Heep	3
Chris Chambliss	3
Dale Murphy	3
Gary Matthews	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Dave Kingman	2
Dave Parker	2
Dan Driessen	2
George Foster	2
Ken Phelps	2
Fred McGriff	2
Nick Esasky	2
Rick Schu	1
Bob Brenly	1
Darryl Strawberry	1
Duane Walker	1
Mike Greenwell	1
Lee Lacy	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Chris Bando	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Iván de Jesús	1
Dusty Baker	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Craig Reynolds	1
Fernando Valenzuela	1
Jason Thompson	1
Benny Distefano	1
Hubie Brooks	1
Glenn Hubbard	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Doug Frobel	1
Jody Davis	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Fran Mullins	1
Mel Hall	1
Luis Salazar	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Mike Marshall	1
Larry Parrish	1
Jim Morrison	1
Tom O'Malley	1
Dave Bergman	1
Jorge Orta	1
Tony Peña	1
Rey Quiñones	1
Jerry Martin	1
Graig Nettles	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Mike Scioscia	1
Nelson Liriano	1
Ray Knight	1
Juan Samuel	1
Bill Buckner	1
Rick Cerone	1
Dan Pasqua	1
Claudell Washington	1
Johnny Bench	1
Geno Petralli	1

18 Parks
Stade Olymp. (MON)	20
Metrodome (MIN)	11
Shea Stad (NYC)	9
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
9	18
7	17
8	10
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	59
2	5
5	4
3	3
1	3
4	2
7+	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	17
-2-	6
--3	5
12-	3
-23	3
1-3	2

123 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	43
1 on	28
2 on	8
Any on	36

Inning
1	10
2	17
3	12
4	11
5	6
6	9
7	10
8	3
9	1

1-3	39
4-6	26
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	5
+1	9
Tied	25
-1	11
-2	6
-3	7
-4..	10

Ahead	20
Tied	25
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	59
1-0	4
3-2	3
0-0	3
2-0	3
1-2	2
2-2	2
2-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	15
RF	12
LF	12
3B	12
CF	7
C	7
DH	4
SS	4
2B	3
PH	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	16
3rd	15
8th	11
7th	10
6th	9
5th	8
9th	5
1st	4
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-06-28	Dave Parker	PIT	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 4	1	--3		2	3	9	19%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Moreno Scores
2	2	2	1	1980-07-03	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		MON	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	-23		3	1	8	21%	88%		Home Run; A. Treviño Scores/unER; D. Flynn Scores/unER; L. Mazzilli Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1980-07-19 (1)	Craig Reynolds	HOU		MON	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	8	6	27%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	1980-08-08	Cliff Johnson	CHC		MON	behind 0-5	b 8	2	1--		2	4	3	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Buckner Scores
5	5	5	1	1980-09-24	Jerry Martin	CHC		MON	behind 2-5	b 6	1	1--		2	6	8	19%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kingman Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1981-04-19 (2)	Dave Kingman	NYM		MON	tied 2-2	b 3	0	-23		3	4	7	14%	86%		Home Run; A. Treviño Scores; R. Staub Scores
7	7	2	1	1981-06-06	Ray Knight	CIN		MON	ahead 5-2	b 3	2	---		1	6	5	6%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	2	1981-06-06	Dan Driessen	CIN		MON	ahead 6-2	b 3	2	---		1	7	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	4	1	1981-09-09	Gary Matthews	PHI		MON	tied 8-8	b 8	1	12-		3	3	7	31%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Rose Scores; B. McBride Scores/unER
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1982-04-18	Dave Kingman	NYM		MON	behind 0-6	b 4	2	1--		2	4	3	6%	9%		Home Run; B. Bailor Scores
11	11	2	2	1982-04-18	George Foster	NYM		MON	behind 2-7	b 6	1	-2-		2	3	7	6%	12%		Home Run; M. Wilson Scores
12	12	3	1	1982-05-01	Jorge Orta	LAD		MON	behind 0-1	b 7	2	-2-		2	9	PH	46%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Scioscia Scores
13	13	4	1	1982-06-06	Dale Murphy	ATL		MON	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	4	7	11%	66%		Home Run
14	14	5	1	1982-06-11	Jay Johnstone	CHC	@	MON	behind 0-5	t 4	0	12-		3	5	7	13%	26%		Home Run; B. Buckner Scores; L. Durham Scores
15	15	6	1	1982-07-02 (1)	Tony Peña	PIT		MON	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3		3	7	2	20%	82%		Home Run; J. Thompson Scores; M. Easler Scores
16	16	7	1	1982-07-07	Mike Marshall	LAD	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	-2-		2	3	3	20%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Landreaux Scores
17	17	8	1	1982-07-15	Luis Salazar	SDP		MON	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	8	5	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	1982-07-20	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		MON	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3		2	4	8	19%	72%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Sax Scores
19	19	10	2	1982-07-20	Mike Scioscia	LAD		MON	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---		1	8	2	8%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	11	1	1982-08-05	Mike Schmidt	PHI		MON	behind 0-3	b 4	1	---		1	4	5	9%	27%		Home Run
21	21	12	1	1982-08-17 (1)	Chris Chambliss	ATL		MON	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---		1	6	3	5%	15%		Home Run
22	22	13	1	1982-09-03	Claudell Washington	ATL	@	MON	behind 1-2	t 5	1	12-		3	3	9	34%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Niekro Scores; R. Ramírez Scores
23	23	14	1	1982-09-26	Jason Thompson	PIT	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3		2	4	3	18%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Moreno Scores
24	24	15	2	1982-09-26	Jim Morrison	PIT	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---		1	6	5	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	16	1	1982-10-01	Doug Frobel	PIT		MON	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--		2	5	9	25%	67%		Home Run; R. Hebner Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1983-04-09	Dusty Baker	LAD		MON	behind 0-7	b 7	1	---		1	3	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1983-04-30	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---		1	4	5	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	2	1983-04-30	Duane Walker	CIN	@	MON	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---		1	7	7	15%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	1983-05-11	Dale Murphy	ATL		MON	behind 2-4	b 5	1	-23		3	3	8	28%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Johnson Scores; C. Washington Scores
30	30	5	1	1983-06-02	Tom O'Malley	SFG		MON	behind 0-5	b 5	0	---		1	6	5	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	6	1	1983-06-12	George Foster	NYM		MON	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3		2	4	7	11%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Strawberry Scores
32	32	7	1	1983-06-27	Bill Buckner	CHC	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---		1	3	3	13%	50%		Home Run
33	33	8	1	1983-07-02	Jody Davis	CHC		MON	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---		1	7	2	10%	89%		Home Run
34	34	9	1	1983-07-08	Chris Chambliss	ATL	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--		2	6	3	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Horner Scores
35	35	10	1	1983-07-20	Nick Esasky	CIN	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---		1	6	5	15%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	11	1	1983-07-25 (1)	Dan Driessen	CIN		MON	tied 1-1	b 3	2	-2-		2	4	3	21%	75%		Home Run (CF-RF); E. Milner Scores
37	37	12	1	1983-08-04	Danny Heep	NYM		MON	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---		1	9	PH	14%	38%		Home Run (Deep CF)
38	38	13	1	1983-09-22 (1)	Iván de Jesús	PHI	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---		1	8	6	11%	48%		Home Run
39	39	14	2	1983-09-22 (1)	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	MON	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---		1	3	5	12%	62%		Home Run
40	40	15	1	1983-10-02 (1)	Danny Heep	NYM		MON	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1984-04-08	Glenn Hubbard	ATL		MON	ahead 2-0	b 6	2	---		1	7	4	7%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	2	1	1984-04-18	Hubie Brooks	NYM		MON	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---		1	7	5	14%	69%		Home Run
43	43	3	1	1984-05-11	Chili Davis	SFG		MON	behind 1-3	b 3	1	---		1	1	8	12%	39%		Home Run
44	44	4	2	1984-05-11	Bob Brenly	SFG		MON	behind 2-7	b 7	1	1--		2	7	2	5%	8%		Home Run; J. Youngblood Scores
45	45	5	3	1984-05-11	Fran Mullins	SFG		MON	behind 4-7	b 7	1	---		1	8	6	7%	16%		Home Run
46	46	6	1	1984-05-22	Graig Nettles	SDP	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	5	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	7	1	1984-05-27	Chili Davis	SFG	@	MON	behind 1-3	t 3	2	---		1	1	8	10%	33%		Home Run
48	48	8	1	1984-06-12	Mel Hall	CHC		MON	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--		2	5	9	16%	79%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores
49	49	9	2	1984-06-12	Gary Matthews	CHC		MON	ahead 5-2	b 4	0	--3		2	3	7	4%	95%		Home Run; R. Sandberg Scores
50	50	10	1	1984-06-17	Benny Distefano	PIT	@	MON	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---		1	9	9	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	11	1	1984-06-23	Danny Heep	NYM		MON	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---		1	5	7	11%	89%		Home Run
52	52	12	1	1984-06-29	Dave Parker	CIN		MON	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	4	9	11%	66%		Home Run
53	53	13	1	1984-07-04	Dale Murphy	ATL		MON	behind 0-3	b 4	2	---		1	4	8	9%	25%		Home Run
54	54	14	2	1984-07-04	Chris Chambliss	ATL		MON	behind 2-7	b 9	2	1--		2	5	3	0%	0%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores
55	55	15	1	1984-07-14	Nick Esasky	CIN	@	MON	behind 1-3	t 2	1	---		1	7	5	10%	36%		Home Run
56	56	16	1	1984-08-01	Lee Lacy	PIT		MON	ahead 2-0	b 6	2	1--		2	7	9	11%	95%		Home Run; J. Ray Scores
57	57	17	1	1984-08-27	Chili Davis	SFG	@	MON	behind 0-3	t 5	0	1--		2	3	9	17%	35%		Home Run; M. Trillo Scores
58	58	18	1	1984-09-01	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	9	1	13%	50%		Home Run
59	59	19	1	1984-09-16	Juan Samuel	PHI		MON	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-		2	1	4	19%	76%		Home Run; S. Jeltz Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1987-09-16	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-		2	4	9	14%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Johnson Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1988-04-09	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
62	62	2	2	1988-04-09	Fred McGriff	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) 1BBX	2	8	3	8%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Barfield Scores
63	63	3	1	1988-04-24	Willie Upshaw	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	2	3	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	4	2	1988-04-24	Chris Bando	CLE	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBC1FX	2	8	2	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Tabler Scores
65	65	5	1	1988-04-30	Rick Cerone	BOS		MIN	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	6,(3-2) BFFBBX	2	8	2	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Horn Scores
66	66	6	1	1988-05-31	Rubén Sierra	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	9,(3-2) 11BBS1SFFFBX	2	3	9	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Fletcher Scores
67	67	7	1	1988-06-07	Dan Pasqua	CHW		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	8	1	1988-06-12	Rey Quiñones	SEA		MIN	behind 1-6	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	9	1	1988-07-07	Mike Greenwell	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
70	70	10	1	1988-07-15	Rick Schu	BAL		MIN	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	8	5	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	11	1	1988-07-20	Larry Parrish	BOS		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	8	3	17%	80%		Home Run; J. Reed Scores
72	72	12	1	1988-07-25	Nelson Liriano	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	11%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	13	1	1988-08-02	Rance Mulliniks	TOR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	3	DH	17%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Fernández Scores
74	74	14	2	1988-08-02	Fred McGriff	TOR		MIN	ahead 5-1	b 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	5	3	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
75	75	15	1	1988-08-07	Ken Phelps	NYY		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	7,(3-2) BBBCCFX	1	5	DH	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
76	76	16	1	1988-08-12	Ken Phelps	NYY	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1-3	2,(1-0) B.X	3	4	DH	28%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores; D. Mattingly Scores
77	77	17	1	1988-08-18	Pete Incaviglia	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	18	2	1988-08-18	Geno Petralli	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	2	10%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	19	1	1988-08-23	Dave Bergman	DET	@	MIN	tied 3-3	t 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	3	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores

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NYM	10
CIN	8
ATL	8
CHC	7
PIT	7
SFG	6
LAD	6
PHI	5
TOR	5
TEX	3
BOS	3
SDP	2
NYY	2
CLE	2
SEA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

NYM	10
CIN	8
ATL	8
CHC	7
PIT	7
SFG	6
LAD	6
PHI	5
TOR	5
TEX	3
BOS	3
SDP	2
NYY	2
CLE	2
SEA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

NYM	10
CIN	8
ATL	8
CHC	7
PIT	7
SFG	6
LAD	6
PHI	5
TOR	5
TEX	3
BOS	3
SDP	2
NYY	2
CLE	2
SEA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1